10,000 Birds

AUGUST 17, 2020

Because NAOC is so large, it is more accurate to say I sampled small parts of the enormous event. Rather, it was seeing a large group of dedicated and passionate professionals proposing and testing theories and generating mountains of data about birds. Last week, I “attended” the virtual North American Ornithological Conference (NAOC).

Puerto Rico 245

Puerto Rico Parrots Protection Ecuador 245

10,000 Birds

MAY 17, 2016

. … … We used long-term monitoring of the abundance of breeding birds across Europe and the United States to produce, for both regions, composite population indices for two groups of species: those for which climate suitability has been either improving or declining since 1980.

North America 113

North America Europe America United States 113

10,000 Birds

DECEMBER 14, 2016

Here is one of three large groups of peeps, mostly all Least Sandpipers. Below is a sampling of my first day out, Sunday morning, with this new lens. We still have a nice group of Large-billed Curlews. This is going to be so much fun!! Thank you Santa.

Pelicans 140

Pelicans Seattle Oregon Branding 140

10,000 Birds

APRIL 13, 2021

Birders seem to be a fairly modest group: “Respondents rated themselves as somewhat skilled in identifying birds. Thus, the sample appears to skew young (late-30s) relative to my impression of the overall age of the birding community, likely a consequence using eBird as the pool of potential respondents.

Minnesota 264

Minnesota Research Pennsylvania Ohio 264

10,000 Birds

AUGUST 20, 2013

Handing out T-shirts at the registration desk with a summer intern from the Field Museum (one of the conference’s sponsoring groups) gave me a good feel for who was around and what ornithologists are like. Exhibitors ranged from book publishers to purveyors of telemetry equipment to local bird and wildlife groups.

San Diego 172

San Diego Ostriches Chicago Colorado 172

10,000 Birds

MARCH 13, 2018

A sample of this process is here.) Two environmental groups — Friends of Animals and Predator Defense — disagreed and filed suit against FWS, arguing that the plan to remove the Barred Owls violated the MBTA and other environmental laws. The environmental groups appealed to the U.S.

Owls 114

Owls Endangered Species Oregon Friends Of Animals 114

10,000 Birds

JULY 21, 2014

Schieffelin was long a leading figure in the American Acclimatization Society, a bizarre group of meddlers based in New York City. The sheer number of species that have been shuffled around on our big earth is impressive, though we will be dealing with the smaller sample size of invasive avians and other invasives that effect avians.

New York City 187

New York City New York North America Species 187

10,000 Birds

OCTOBER 21, 2012

The 2008 “Early Bird” framework proposed by Shannon Hackett and her colleagues is being ratified and refined by successive studies using new techniques and different sets of samples. Kagu wasn’t sampled in the study.) McCormack et al., Sunbittern ( Eurypyga helias ) cc-by Tambako the Jaguar Until now? McCormack et al.

Parrots 136

Parrots Falcons South America 2008 136

4 The Love Of Animals

MARCH 24, 2010

I got a sample of the Heart U Back friendship bracelet , and it is my new favorite thing to wear. This special grouping of bracelets, charms, pendants, and earrings is fashionable and fun to wear. We recently got a chance to check out a lovely line of jewelry that celebrates animals, and supports the ASPCA!

RSPCA 100

RSPCA ASPCA Collecting Pets 100

10,000 Birds

JULY 25, 2014

Yet I rarely see this discussed in articles on birding etiquette and what we as a group can do to help conservation, beyond generic admonishments to stay on-trail. Only this: that vehicles and pants-cuffs can pick up spotted knapweed seeds and disperse them. Nonetheless, this week will be chock full of invasive species.

Montana 163

Montana Goats Sheep Species 163

10,000 Birds

JULY 19, 2011

I’m not sure what the collective noun for a group of petrels is, but the vets and wildlife carers of New Zealand might be forgiven for thinking that it might be a wreck after this week. Broad-billed Prion ( Pachyptila vittata ) after just waking up Caring for three hundred little seabirds is quite a lot of work.

New Zealand 185

New Zealand Vet Collecting Geese 185

10,000 Birds

SEPTEMBER 17, 2013

So I put together a “carnival” (of sorts) of Feral Cat Ordinances and Issues that samples current events across the US. Nonprofit pet protection groups would manage the program and be responsible for ensuring that cat caretakers take the required steps. And it goes on and on, this is just a sampling.

Feral Cats 202

Feral Cats Feral Cats Minneapolis 202

10,000 Birds

JULY 4, 2017

Here’s a sample of Plate 30, Bat Falcon and Orange-Breasted Falcon (pp. 84-85, though it’s hard to tell because there is no pagination in this section, simply plate numbers): And, here is a sample of the first two pages of the three-page Species Account for Bat Falcon (pp.

Mexico 155

Mexico America North America Falcons 155

10,000 Birds

OCTOBER 4, 2016

Britain’s Birds is organized in a very loose taxonomic order, with priority given to grouping together birds that are perceived as similar. Browsing is facilitated by section titles at the top of each left-hand page and smaller group titles on the upper right-hand page. plus a chapter on “Vagrant landbirds from North America.”

Ireland 140

Ireland Birds Groups Falcons 140

10,000 Birds

MARCH 21, 2015

This bunch of possible Costa Rican crypto birds can be grouped into four main categories: (1). Based on even more recent recordings, it seems that the birds in Costa Rica can probably be placed in the Mangrove Rail group. Two of those vocal groups are shown by birds in Costa Rica and neither of those are heard in South America.

Costa Rica 205

Costa Rica Species South America America 205

10,000 Birds

OCTOBER 28, 2015

The preferred alternative to collecting a bird is to take photos and a blood sample. Throughout his professional career, Chris has maintained a commitment to bridging his research interests with grassroots conservation. ” Clearly a man dripping with contempt for the natural world and high regard for his own importance.

Collecting 157

Collecting Papua New Guinea Science Birds 157

10,000 Birds

APRIL 12, 2011

The project will take another year to complete, but in about a month from now, we should have the first samples finished on www.ecosim.nl. - This being said, we are currently investigating options to team up with a group of American naturalists to produce a series of guidebooks on North American areas.

Badgers 145

Badgers Ethics Africa Spain 145

10,000 Birds

DECEMBER 15, 2015

Plastic behaviors are not automatically unrelated to natural selection, but the way those behaviors vary across individuals or across groups may not be best explained by underlying genetic differences. The study used many species, good sample sizes, and is statistically convincing.

Birds 116

Birds Research Humane Pets 116

10,000 Birds

DECEMBER 2, 2014

Species Accounts are grouped by family, following what appears to be Sibley and Monroe’s 1996 taxonomy. (I There are plates like the one for Migrant Robins, images grouped neatly by species, all facing the same direction in the same perched pose. Back to the field guide!

Brunei 172

Brunei Birds Asia China 172

10,000 Birds

JUNE 9, 2020

Recently, an interdisciplinary group published a paper using eBird data in the journal Landscape and Urban Planning. We decided to go with birds mainly because we could find data from three different websites (eBird, iNaturalist, and Flickr, which also has more bird pictures than most other groups of animals).

Chicago 260

Chicago Research Illinois Michigan 260

10,000 Birds

JULY 16, 2020

Our [still unpublished] DNA study confirms that Altai type is only a colour morph, as their DNA samples scatter evenly within the ‘normal’ saker DNA samples, they do not form separate group.” It is just a colour variation, not even local.

Mongolia 268

Mongolia Falcons Birds 2019 268

10,000 Birds

JULY 21, 2011

This is also a hard question to address because most data on animal size distribution does not compare across classes of animals, and/or focuses on groups that would not be helpful. There are 200 animals in each sample, and I presume that this is a random subset of the larger sample of over 400 or so in each category.

Mammals 172

Mammals Rodents Birds Reptiles 172

10,000 Birds

JUNE 4, 2019

No other characters or group of characters are described so persistently with the use of their religious, ethnic, or racial names. Botibol” (p. The feather industry was “a known network of mostly Jewish employers between which the workers passed, were dropped and picked up again” (p. There is no effort at context.

Industry 118

Industry Virginia Portland Campaign 118

10,000 Birds

DECEMBER 20, 2014

It confirms many of the once-radical notions put forward or refined by Shannon Hackett and her colleagues in 2008, and several since, and it proposes solutions to some of the most deeply unresolved questions about how major bird groups are related to each other. ( “Metaves” was purported to contain the groups in Jarvis et al.’s

Family 279

Family Parrots Birds 2014 279

10,000 Birds

JULY 4, 2023

Johnson is collecting myths about owls from cultures around the world and is also presiding over a 12-year Burrowing Owl Project that seeks to collect DNA samples, vocalizations, morphological data and map locations for every Burrowing Owl subspecies the world over. In some ways, this is a puzzling chapter.

Owls 200

Owls Science Barn Owls Penguins 200

10,000 Birds

JUNE 2, 2020

As you can see from the sample plates here, males and females are depicted where appropriate, plus immature birds if needed. Just think–you’ll be the only one in your group who will be able to differentiate a Cape display from a Circular Wings display! Significant subspecies are also shown.

Guinea 260

Guinea Birds Papua New Guinea Family 260

10,000 Birds

DECEMBER 13, 2011

DNA evidence then indicated that they are an ancient group mostly closely related to the bizarre and wildly different rockfowls and they were therefore contentiously placed in the Picathartes family, before finally finding a contented home in their own family, Chaetopidae.

South Africa 215

South Africa Lesotho Africa Swaziland 215

10,000 Birds

DECEMBER 11, 2018

It is helpful to have a sample paper. Data is needed to make estimates for the optimal size of the translocated group. My impression is that few birders dive into ornithological and ecological papers, but there’s much to be learned, even if the reading can be tough sledding. and Antony W. ” The Auk 128.2 2011): 265-272.

Transported 113

Transported 2011 Research 2012 113

10,000 Birds

JULY 25, 2014

What an odd situation, seeing a small group of Egyptian Geese plowing through the snow of a Dutch meadow. The sheer number of species that have been shuffled around on our big earth is impressive, though we will be dealing with the smaller sample size of invasive avians and other invasives that effect avians. This was great!

Germany 150

Germany Geese Netherlands Kenya 150

10,000 Birds

OCTOBER 12, 2017

The maps can be seen here, among other sample pages: [link]. Finally, the short supplements cover indexes of country accounts, families and species, books, websites and email-groups, applications, local organisations, etc. And these advices cover all species, rare and/or endemic included.

Africa 166

Africa Botswana Nigeria Namibia 166

10,000 Birds

OCTOBER 3, 2017

Scientific names have been reviewed by the Working Group on Avian Nomenclature of the International Ornithologists’ Union. Within each group, birds in the same family are grouped together and birds in the same genus “usually occur consecutively.” So, there are two basic sections–marine and freshwater birds (pp.

Australia 105

Australia Birds Penguins 2015 105

10,000 Birds

DECEMBER 17, 2013

But I’ve compiled a sampling of this year’s news and events for your edification. …” There is, as I said, much much more than this but this is a reasonable sampling. Many, many things happened in the area of bird science this year, so this review can not be comprehensive.

Science 185

Science 2013 Elephants Birds 185

10,000 Birds

SEPTEMBER 7, 2021

All species in every one of these groups is described even if not every single species lives on the ocean, a guideline continued from the earlier volume. All species in every one of these groups is described even if not every single species lives on the ocean, a guideline continued from the earlier volume. Major species names (i.e.,

Albatross 278

Albatross Penguins Groups Family 278

10,000 Birds

JUNE 9, 2013

One of the major attractions of birding somewhere in the “off-season” is that you won’t be interrupted by groups of noisy people and the birds are more likely to be able to be observed close to the tracks. We much prefer to spend a bit more time exploring an area and a week was ideal to get a sample of what is on offer.

Birds 157

Birds Experience Experiments Ducks 157

10,000 Birds

SEPTEMBER 10, 2014

After a night in Wellington, where along with Tuatara we’ll be sampling the Tui and Moa beer (Weka cider or Fantail wine for those that don’t like beer), we’ll board the morning ferry to Picton and South Island. Also easy to find here is the Moho , North Island’s version of the Takahe.

New Zealand 194

New Zealand Ducks Australia Mountain Goats 194

10,000 Birds

NOVEMBER 7, 2017

Here’s a sample of how that section reads: “Ducks have 14-18 feathers (rectrices). Ducks are mostly grouped together by genus; Gadwall, American Wigeon, and Eurasian Wigeon, the Mareca species, follow each other, though Falcated Duck, the fourth Mareca species, is a bit further down, in a spread devoted to rarities.

Ducks 114

Ducks North America Geese Hunters 114